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Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Very Brief News Update for Wednesday 22nd June, 2011

Judas Priest add extra dates to Epitath tour 2011

On their 'farewell' Epitath US tour, Judas Priest have just posted the following message:

We are pleased to announce more dates of the US leg of our 'EPITAPH' tour.

The news follows the rave reviews of BCC’s follow up album, produced by Kevin Shirley and featuring Joe Bonamassa, Jason Bonham, Glenn Hughes and Derek Sherinian.
The band embarks on a July tour that takes in their only UK dates this year:

Mountain's Leslie West loses right leg through surgery
Spare a thought and prayer for guitar legend, Mountain's Leslie West who has just had to undergo emergency surgery to remove his right leg.
This posted over at Gibson.com:

Guitar legend Leslie West is in stable condition after having his lower right leg amputated. The Mountain legend and heavy metal pioneer is a diabetic and underwent emergency surgery after severe swelling, according to Spinner.com.

His wife Jenni explained in a press statement that: “The doctors tried for two days to save it to no avail. The decision to amputate was one that was necessary to save his life as the infection was spreading throughout his body.”West is expected to make a complete recovery but his family ask that the “the public and media respect his privacy while he comes to terms with this life-changing transition.”West has been working on a new Mountain album, The Unusual Suspects, featuring collaborations with Slash, Billy Gibbons, Zakk Wylde and Joe Bonamassa.

70's / 80's classic pop rockers, The Sweet, who are probably one of the few bands out there, that
can say, they have a song or two that 'everyone' loves, are playing some very limited live dates in the US and Canada through July / August.
With hit's that have been covered by so many act's too, Blockbuster, Love is Like Oxygen, Ballroom Blitz, Hellraiser and Fox on the Run to name just four, will play the following dates: